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Accounting, Taxes, and Bookkeeping
We've been hunting long and hard for the perfect accountant that will aggressively (but legally) pursue all tax advantages, be extremely attentive, super fun to work with, understands creatives, and has a fair price. Seriously guys, we're stoked.
Our Recommendation
Jose Hernadez
Jose Hernandez has been helping the ilovecreatives community stay organized and stress-free with their bookkeeping since 2020. He’s one of those rare CPAs who’s steady, reliable, and known for his fair pricing.
With over 15 years of experience, Jose works with freelancers, creative studios, and small business owners to keep their financials clear, accurate, and easy to understand. He offers annual tax filing, monthly or quarterly bookkeeping, bookkeeping cleanup, tax strategy, LLC or S-Corp setup, and financial organization for growing studios. If you have something specific in mind, just ask!
He comes from a family of accountants and musicians, which probably explains why he gets the slashie-creative mindset. His calm, reliable approach makes the numbers side of running a business feel doable… even (dare we say) peaceful.
“My goal is to help small business owners with their financials and taxes so they can achieve their financial goals.”
Chase Spenst
Chase is a creative founder for creative founders. He was was born to an impressionist painter and an accountant! The guy loves to build financial models from his fantasy teams to checkout lines in Trader Joe's. Just 👏🏼 for 👏🏼 fun👏🏼 .
We dig Chase because he is obsessed with great service aka his love language is a fast email reply (one of our biggest pet peeves about accountants). At Good Operator, he brings an operator mindset to accounting and finance so you get a clear strategy, not just check a box at tax season. If you’re looking for someone to help you plan and be accountable for the next X years so you can make X dollars – talk to Chase.
“It’s ok to want to be successful. It’s ok to want to make money. That’s how you make truly independent art. You are your own boss when you financially can do whatever the f*ck you want.”
Consequences of Filing an Extension
There are no consequences for filing an extension. the extension just gives an extra 6 months to file. So the new due date would be October 15th.
But, if people owe money then the taxes are still due April 15th. If they don't pay by April 15th then the interest and penalties start to get calculated starting April 16th.
The penalties are based on the amount that is owed. It isn't based on income. The more you owe the more the penalties are. The interest is at 3% and the penalties are .5% on the amount that is owed.
How can I avoid penalties?
If you can send in a payment with the extension then we can help out!
One of our tax experts can do a quick estimate of how much you should pay and send a payment in with the extension. Then at least you don't have to worry so much about the interest and penalties.
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